really nervous. >> he doesn't sweat anything. i'm not that way. i'm more like most of the parents. i get extremely nervous. >> reporter: his son eric junior plays for taney a team as resilient as they come. >> everybody was okay they were upbeat, and ready to play today. >> reporter: but before baseball ping-pong with a certain first base man for philadelphia phillies. >> the kids are great. it has been an awesome experience, awesome day. >> reporter: subway provided video to us as howard promotes their sandwiches. he says, kids were relaxed and happy loose enough for zion speakerman to challenge howard to the home run derby. >> size me up a little bit and like okay, we will have some conversations. >> reporter: but first here's hoping zion hits some home runs tonight against a tough chicago team. >> we have a great team and unbelievable talent on our team and if they play as well as they can play i think we can beat anybody. >> reporter: win lose or draw they have come a long way already and they are in the done yet. >> i don't think they

understand the magnitude that they have been able to accomplish for themselves, and, for the entire city of philadelphia. >> thanks very much, matt. she of course has become a household name, 13 year-old pitching phenom mone davis but for some the taney pitcher is an opportunity to cash in. is that right. coming in 15 minutes todd quinones will show us how people are making money on mone. taney dragons face that team from chicago tonight at 7:30, if they win, dragons get a rematch against las vegas in the u.s. championship game on saturday. turning to weather, parts

of our area could see some storms tonight meteorologist kate bilo is on the cbs-3 skies deck with more, hi kate. >> hi, diana we are seeing clouds really increase in the philadelphia city and in the only here but also in williams port where there is a large philadelphia contingent cheering on taney. there are storms heading that way that could produce a rain delay for tonight's game. lets see what is going on out there we will go out to storm scan three showing the entire state of pennsylvania seek some form of wet weather. northern and western suburbs and not even seeing much at this hour most of it, over central pennsylvania and these storms looking as though theytheys but do i want to show you up near williamsport north and west, it is a severe thunderstorm warnin that particular cell and moving south and eastlliamsport. that is ly coming county where williamsport is>> youorms popped western suburbs, lancaster county and another one on i-95 eastern maryland moving in portions of northern delaware here very shortly. we have here in a slight risk for severe weather tonight.

that bull's eye they issued late this afternoon severe risk damaging rain and hail with any then are storm that does pop up tonight. future weather, most of these will miss philadelphia to the south and west but in new castle county delaware, southern chester county and kent county delaware watch for storms and cannot rule them out in the city tonight. for that eagles game at lincoln financial feel we will we will keep an eye to the sky as well for that game tonight. the showers and storms to the south overnight. we will see some drying tomorrow morning but unfortunately tomorrow afternoon another round of showers and thunderstor itery fridks a8m b o rt. eighty-three allentown. 77 degrees down in millville. cooler down the shore and it will stay that way throughout the even of the week, cool weekend for all of us, coming up i'll have that full forecast, for now chris and diana now back inside to you. now to a developing story police are searching for robbery suspects who are targeting mostly elderly people in northeast philadelphia. police say two men watched the

victims at a bank and then followed them home in a silver chevy malibu or a white vehicle, and then robbed them. there have been 11 robberies since june 3rd most recent happened last wednesday. >> one man you'll see in most of the video is about 45 to 50 years old, 6-foot, heavy build, he wears a white t-shirt, in mess of the jobs that he is involved in. he has a grange beard and one of the videos you can see has a gray patch on top of his head. >> oldest victim is 96 years old. any one with any information is asked to call philadelphia police. well, search is on for young man caught on tape planting an explosive device inside of the chinese take out restaurant. you can see the device went off, "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter tells us where the investigation stand tonight, walt. >> reporter: chris, detectives hearsay that suspect never uttered a word or said a threat simply walk in the

store, put device in the wall, ignited it, walked out, followed by the blast. a blast police say that could have injured or even killed customers if one had happened to have walk into the store when it happened. a home, torn through the wall of the oriental kitchen take out store pieces of debris scattered every where, scary reminder of a blast, triggered by this suspect, who walked in placed an explosive device, in a wall opening lit it and then ran out, secondsfore the explosion. >> it was very sudden and then my ears i could not hear anything. i was scared. >> fortunatery police say as the suspect was planting and detonating the the device, no one walked in. >> if i had been standing there i could have got hurt unless i had my grandchild with me. >> reporter: yes. >> customers could have been in the store. >> reporter: lieutenant path doherty says device used by the suspect was powerful and

homemade. >> they believe it is what a homemade device, maybe an m80, 100, illegal device has no other purpose then for something like this. >> a prank, some kids i just don't know, he is a good guy. he is a good guy. >> reporter: neighbors and the store's owners both say that they have a great relationship, leaving the motive even more of a mystery. their hope that the suspect will be caught before evict tim ices anyone else. >> if they do this, one time they might do it again. if they put this device somewhere else, somebody else will get hurt. detectives believe the suspect is from the neighborhood so they are hoping someone will recognize him. because he appears to be just 14, detective say they hope a family member may turn him in. if you have any information call police immediately. live at central detective division walt hunter cbs-3 "eyewitness news".

well, take a look at this a new dramatic video from yesterday's deli storm crash in northeast philadelphia. this is surveillance video obtained exclusively by "eyewitness news" tonight. police say that the 86 year-old driver of that car drove through the front doors of steve's stein's famous deli at bustleton and grant as he attempted to pull into a parking spot. good news is in one was injured. new details tonight in the philadelphia, school budget crisis, a pennsylvania law maker is calling for an investigation into the conditions of the schools. state senator vincent hughes release aid report on the conditions today. he said funding cuts in the past academic year has had a negative impact on the quality have of education in the district. senator hughes is urging his colleagues to pass the cigarette tax to help fund the schools. >> this is clearly unacceptable, cigarette tax must be done, it must be donnas soon as we come back to harrisburg.

it must be done in a context that we prepare ourselves to do much more for the funding of public education for low income school district like philadelphia. >> senator hughes say parents upset over quality of education in the district should file a complaint with the pennsylvania department have of education. >> some members of the philadelphia federation of teachers stopped by the district headquarters today to express concerns about the upcoming school year. they say additional budget cuts means that the children will have access to fewer programs and services, even more than they did last year. >> we cannot, continue to have a system under funded to the degree that this system is and expect that our children are going to be successful. >> teachers say that they are spending up to $400 to replace school supplies that are no longer provided by the school district. meanwhile dozens of people turnout to help the paul dunbar school get ready for start of class volunteers painted, hung bulletin board

and restored a basketball court. today's president was put together by people helping people, this is the third year that the organization has helped the struggling north philadelphia elementary school. still to come here on eye witt news at have trying to make money on mone. >> they ought to be a shame of themselves for doing that that is not even cool to exploit a kid. >> she has won our hearts and new people are hoping to use her fame to cash n our todd kim yes, sir talks with the former eagle who thinks that this is just not right. it is a decade long partnership that is still going strong, we will show you how philadelphia fire department and the muscular dystrophy association are celebrating, 60 years. kate? and been a relatively quiet day in the area but clouds have rolled in this evening and new we are tracking showers and storms especially off to our south and to our west tonight we will have the latest on storm scan three and seven day forecast coming up. beasley? at lincoln financial field

the bird are behind me, checking out the turf it is their first time at home, we will get ready for preseason game number three coming up in sports.

she's instantly

recognizable face of the taney dragons 13 year-old mone davis and for some she's ticket to some quick cash. new at 6:00 o'clock tonight "eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones shows us how people are trying to make money off of mone. >> called strike three. >> reporter: on the field it is mone mania but off it it is money making time for some. on e bay we found mone signed baseball being sold for as much as nearly $300 in one case. >> it is creepy. >> reporter: former defensive lineman and sports radio 94wi p contributor holis thomas. >> they ought to be a shame of themselves. you are exploiting a kid. >> reporter: the 13 year-old sensation and her taney teammates are are on the ride of their lives a sports illustrated cover helped rocket mone to the national spotlight. >> i have all but one super bowl program. >> reporter: bob no vac agrees is there a fine line when it comes to kids and he wouldn't cross it. we caught up with him thursday

trying to get autographs outside the hotel where the steelers are staying for their preseason game with the eagles. >> i can kind of see both sides. you have a ball. you can get $400 for it. if you need money or hey that is a nice little half paycheck. >> reporter: frank louise is co-owner of the sports game memorabilia store in center city. he believes selling mone signed baseballs crosses the line. >> is there a fine line with collectibles, and quick hit money. people catching the fire. this is it. the girl is on fire. the team is on fire. >> the autographs market is a $1.5 billion industry and, to be clear is there nothing illegal about selling a base paul signed by a kid and taney wins tonight experts say, it will likely drive up asking prices for mone signed items. reporting live, todd quinones, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". thanks todd. muscular dystrophy association says thank you for

supporting the fill a booth campaign. fire commissioner derrick sawyer presented a hell net to sherry butler. fill fire department and local 22 have collect hundred you this dollars this year alone, 60th year since the partnership began and they need your help to reach their goal. >> you see them out in the corner standing there collecting money for this very important cause and without your support we cannot go forward and reach our goal which is a $160,000 you will see boots across our area tomorrow. it has been such a beautiful week weather-wise i think we knew all good things come to an even. >> they do but last night storms fizzled. tonight storms are staying off to the south. even though they will eventually get in here it is like nice weather is just trying to hang on and help us out because we have not seen much in the way of nasty weather yet but night is in the over and week is not over. we have more to get through not a wash out by any means

tonight or tomorrow but we will dodge showers both afternoon, tomorrow, and even gannon saturday. so lets take a look at how things are looking outside. we will take you town the shore in atlantic city where waves are rolling n looking dark on the camera there, some clouds have have invaded down the shore this afternoon but not keeping people off the san, lot of people on the beach there and i want to show you cool camera at point pleasant beach, which looks pretty nice here on our live neighborhood network at the moment. 73 degrees right now. day turnout pleasant. you can see pier there and nice palm tree, almost tropical there. lets take a lot at tropics coming up in a minute. we have some things heating up that we want to talk b but first lets talk about what is heating up here locally showers and storms. these are diving off to the south and you can see not much headed for philadelphia that doesn't mean a shower or storm cannot develop and it may but right new we're in the clear as far as showers and storms are concerned. in the so much for williamsport. this area in a severe thunderstorm warning north and west of williamsport, flood

advisory as well and track this and see as it moves south and east at 20 miles an hour. that brings that storm in williamsport at 7:15. as we know taney dragons are scheduled to play around 7:30. that may not bode well. we hope that storm dies out. eighty-two at the airport. eighty-two in eighty-three in allentown. here is that taney dragons forecast. tonight partly cloudy, scattered thunderstorm or two. that happens to be right over the game. that could cause, some issues. so showers and storms around through tonight most of them staying south of philadelphia, but again, cannot rule out shower or storm anywhere. we will start friday with and then showers redevelop in the afternoon and evening and could be a thunderstorm as well and even on the saturday showers lingering especially off to the south and to the west saturday afternoon and saturday evening but then sunday we will clear things out and get nicer weather back in the area so let take a look at tropics. let me show you this area still just a disturb an but has a 50 percent chance have of further development.

you have heard maybe social media heading to the gulf of mexico, some models want to take it to the gulf of mexico, others to the bohamas and others take it well out to sea towards bermuda lots of misinformation and not a lot of connens with us that system. we will keep you posted as storm continues to develop still not even a tropical system or depression yet. overnight mostly cloud which showers and thunderstorm and for your friday clouds a few breaks of sun but showers around it at any time 82 degrees will be our friday high. you're witness weather seven day forecast we are looking at a few showers for friday, a few showers on saturday, brighter saturday late afternoon and sunday looks better at 78. next week looks fantastic summer will return, 82 on monday. we are in the mid 80's tuesday and wednesday and making a run toward 90 by next thursday. we may still hit 90 again you never know. >> it has been a while. >> sure has.

>> thanks, kate. it will be a while for folks traveling on i-95 all over south philadelphia heading down to the link for preseason game tonight at 7:30he rush. traveling on the north bound side of i-95 we are jammed approaching philadelphia international airport down through broad street exit and even before you get there you're delayed approaching commodore barry bridge out toward 476 so it will not be an easy commute, heading out of northeast philadelphia or bucks county southbound i-95 you're traveling in the teens, between the area of i would say really street red down through the vine and approaching south philadelphia. delays on the vine approaching and coming to and from the schuylkill expressway major problems on 76 around 476 and your western suburbs and delays on 476 itself south bun between mid county and route # but stay with us on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" at 6:00. go eagles. we will be

have you seen tom corbett's negative ad with this actress. it's just not true. and more of the same from corbett. tom wolf's company is headquartered and files taxes right here in pennsylvania.

and it's tom wolf who'll be the governor we need. he'll make the gas companies pay up to fund our schools. build a 21st century infrastructure. and restore manufacturing for the jobs we need today. take a look at his plan for yourself. tom wolf. a fresh start for pennsylvania. spokesperson: you can get a $1,000 turbocharged reward card with a new volkswagen turbo. so why are we so obsessed with turbo? because there's nothing more exhilarating than a powerful ride. and you can get that in places you might not expect. like the passat. and also in the fun-to-drive jetta. in fact, volkswagen has sold more turbos than any other brand over the last ten years. that is a lot of turbo. avo: hurry in and you can get a $1,000 turbocharged reward card when you purchase or lease a new 2014 turboodel.

it is, preseason and eagles fans are fired up, against the pittsburgh steelers. >> kick off is a little more than an hour from now "eyewitness news" sports director beasley reese and leslie van arsdal are at the link tonight with the preview hi guys. >> hi guys is there an energy here. there always is on a game day, preseason game number three but i'm excited. i know fans are excited. >> are you kidding me? they were here hours ago cannot wait to have some football back here at the link. >> i'll tell you who is excited it would be one merrill reese he will call, his 7 million th game today and he tells us what to look for. >> merrill in, no one knows better than you what we should expect in the third game. what are you looking for. >> i'm looking for nobody to get injured. that is the the number one thing but beasley, for years and years i have been hearing people say the next to the last preseason game is a dress rehearsal. it is really not. you are talking about a show, dress rehearsal means going

out there and performing as would you on opening night, doing everything that way. they will not do that. they will play the regulars more. a half, maybe more than if they have to but basically they are still looking at people. they are still going vanilla. they are not going to show you, offensively or defensively what they will show jacksonville in two weeks. so it is an extended look at the regulars and i'm looking for them to step it up. >> okay what young person should we focus on, is there some new comer on the team that you will be especially watching. >> well, maybe there is a new comer to game action and i'm talking about riley cooper who we have not seen this summer. we have only seen him on the sidelines during practice. this is first night that we will see the starting wide receivers, we will see him, we will see jeremy maclin, and see if he is indeed all the way back from his injury and we will see jordan matthews mountain slot, because right now the first slot guy is brad smith, and he is out, and so

is huff. so we will probably see the the three receivers that will open up on september the seventh. >> so merrill reese, giving us the blueprint for what to look forward to, he is always right on the money. >> i know he said it would be vanilla and chip kelly will not give anything away but you know what, i know would i like to see riley cooper out here on the feel. fans with like to see riley cooper on the field. how he play was jeremy maclin. coupe are says hey, he is just happy to get back out here. >> this guy out, this guy out this guy is out it is tough build on. that is what training camp is for. luckily we have two more weeks to go to get jeremy back a hundred percent jordan matthews, he is doing well and just to get every within on the same page. >> so, that is it here, it is preseason game number three against steelers. leslie van arsdal i'm beasley reeseewitness

sports". new customers can save an average of $500 just by switching to progressive. so you'll be bringing home the bacon in no time. sorry. get a free quote at progressive.com. fé hey, uncle craig what's the deal? oh...you can't record that many shows at once. why? i guess they didn't feel like it. you can't save every single cartoon. why?

you can't just watch tv wherever you want. why? you know you can't pause the tv here and play it in another room. why? it's time for fios quantum tv. all the storage, recording, and control you've ever wanted. and more. redefining what tv can be. upgrade to fios tv, internet and phone and get quantum tv enhanced free for 2 years with a 2 year agreement. plus, an extra bonus from verizon wireless - this free lg tablet or up to $200 off any tablet. get the fios triple play quantum tv enhanced free for 2 years with a 2 year agreement. call 1.877.797.fios to join today! call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v

ba9 )j at 6:00 "eyewitness news" returns at 10:00 o'clock on our sister at-3evhere3g

ws nighnl s / >> schieffer: ton ransom the u.s. refused to p isis demanded a fortune for journalist james foley before murdering him. and we have new details on the8. failed rescue mission. reports from margaret brennan and bob orr. the governor pulls the national guard out of ferguson. vladimir duthiers ridesng ç< y ngsh m cop. >> you tell w pol officers? >> schieffer: chip reid on virginia's forme the politictrial an interne sensation.it